These Motorola “Moto Dojo” Commercials are Actually Pretty Funny

I honestly don’t even know which phones Motorola is trying to promote with these new “Moto Dojo” commercials – probably the Moto X Pure and Moto G – but they are at least entertaining, something that I don’t think most of us would say about LG’s Statham-filled G5 commercials. And hey, they also don’t star Ashton Kutcher, so there’s that too.

The spots star some random, un-athletic and uncoordinated white dude with a taped on mustache who takes his karate seriously. Each commercial features this guy doing things to a Motorola phone that highlights a specific feature (Moto Display, Actions, Voice, etc.), only in a really awkward dojo setting, with cat pictures on the wood-paneled wall.

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michael arazan

Queue SJW’s to find offense to this in 3..2..1…

tonyO

… Moto X Play?

TylerChappell

These commercials aren’t even remotely funny. They’re also not even remotely offensive. They’re done too poorly to be offensive in any way other than the fact that their piss poor quality is the only offensive thing about them. But this is Lenovo we’re talking about, when have they ever created anything good?
This just makes me want Moto devices even less.

Jon

Racist commercials.

Daistaar

What race is Karate?

ROB

I have to admit for the price I am enjoying my Motorola G 3rd generation.. If it had wireless charging and nfc I wouldn’t be looking for another phone

TC Infantino

Ok, these are funny.

Green

Am I the only Japanese person here? Or maybe I just don’t have a sense of humor. It would not surprise me if the ads got pulled. We (Asians) are becoming more vocal.

morteum

Serious question here: Do you find this offensive? They recently came out with an ad making fun of cowboys in a similar fashion. Just seems like they’re making ads using cartoonish occupations as the theme to me.

David Horvath

The mismatched dubbing was made famous by Chinese movies shown on US TV in the 70s and 80’s. So you have a Japanese sport, a Japanese set ( somewhat ) and then references to… Chinese movies?…

…so it’s sort of like all Asian things are one big lump pile? Very typical Gung Ho / Long Duck Dong humor from the 80s and we are supposed to just blow it off as no big deal and “oh watch out PC Police”. Screw that. So why didn’t they use Japanese actors for the cowboy sequence? What’s with the white man with fake mustache shaped like that? This is like the Gap ad with the girl resting on the head of the African American girl, and it needs to come down.

Green

Yes. It’s mocking a culture, a race.

morteum

I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you, but wouldn’t the cowboy ad they released a bit ago be just as offensive to white people by that logic?

Mech_Engr_09

yeah, but it’s not offensive, white people are about the only ones who can take a joke about these kinds of things. Any other race just automatically assumes it’s ridiculously racist and that they’re being targeted by the “white man”

Under the bridge downtown

The guy in the commercial is not Japanese, so you are all set.

TC Infantino

It would not surprise me if they got pulled, either. But that doesn’t mean that I think they should get pulled. It just means that I think society nowadays is so PC that if somebody is offended by anything, they are automatically in the right. Sorry to inform people who are easily offended, but this is called life. At some point, something or someone is going to say or do something that may offend you. At this point, the correct response is to be a well adjusted adult and get over it. Realizing that your feelings have absolutely no bearing on the rights and freedoms of all citizens will allow you to become a better member of society. Yes, people have the right to say that something is offensive to them, and luckily others have the right to totally not give a crap.
But, as I said before, we are becoming a society of whinning PC worshippers and they could very well take down the ads because a small amount of people were offended.

Green

I don’t care about being PC. I care about being decent and respectful.
I always love it when non-Asians tell us how and what we are suppose to feel. What is racist and what isn’t. This is called life? No. I do not have to take racism/prejudices quietly anymore. Get over that.
And before you or anyone comes up with “Well, if you don’t like it, go back to where you came from”. Yes, I was born in Tokyo, but I am half Caucasian (American father). I grew up here and am a citizen.

TC Infantino

Well, I wasn’t telling you how to feel, just that I didn’t care how you felt. And I see not one instance of racism in the adds. I see making fun of the martial arts, and making fun of dubbed movies. If it bothers you so much, you might want to go kick Jackie Chan’s ass for promoting that kind of humor. Let us know how that goes.

Green

You typed all that up in the first post to let me know that you don’t care how I feel? And replied to me twice?
Aw, how sweet. 🙂
DL gives us a great place to voice our opinions. That’s all I was doing. I didn’t mean to offend anyone (ironic, right?).
And those that are asking about the cowboy ad. I haven’t seen it, so I can’t give an opinion on it.

Mech_Engr_09

you should change your guest account name to half-yellow.

Daistaar

This didn’t make fun of any people, including Asian. If anything, it looked more like a white guy inept at Karate. Do you think black people get offended at the Blaxploitation/Porn Klondike commercials? You’re fully entitled to be offended and I’m sorry if it does offend you, but this isn’t the moment or item to be offended by. Very lighthearted. Just like i don’t think the Gap Kids ad with the girls is offensive.

Guess this is why the Star Wars Kid got so many bad comments, because he was being racist to Jedi’s

/s

Daistaar

I genuinely do not get it. Who’s the star wars kid? Was it I meme I missed?

netanil

Give us a great camera (Asian, of course) and all is forgiven with Moto.

Mech_Engr_09

no asians in general just don’t have a sense of humor and when you do it’s weird humor at that. You guys just like taking dumps and pissing on each other.

Daistaar

I think that’s Germans…

michael arazan

Asians need to stop over-fishing the Oceans, how about we deal with real issues first, and then the absurd need for shark fin soup that cuts off the fins of sharks and throws them back in still alive.

Me

So there’s still hope? Wouldn’t mind picking up a 4.8 or 5.2 X this year. Just get a newer Sony sensor and keep the battery at 3,000

krubby

I’m not Moto bias, but I will say I currently am using a Droid Turbo 2 and absolutely love it. And mainly the differentiating features I like are the ones noted in these pretty bad commercials.

Not saying other devices are not great, Because they are, just that I love the Turbo 2 a lot. I bet I would like the Samsung s7 and Nexus 6p as well, just maybe for different reasons.

The thing I don’t really get about these commercials is I don’t think the average consumer will even get these are slightly different features than other phones. Only folks like readers of this place that digest every fact and watch videos about the three types of displays (Moto vs Nexus vs Samsung I mean)

I will say the chop chop for flashlight is one I had no idea I would use as much as I do. Crazy the little things that sometimes mean the most.

Raven

Ditto.

Matthew Dickinson

OMG. I don’t know what to say after that. What are these companies doing? Skipping out on actual ad agencies and doing this themselves? WOW.

Cael

I wish Moto would move their new releases up so I can know whether I should move on or not.

cdm283813

Everybody and their mother should release phones before Samsung and Apple. Samsung learned their lesson last year by releasing the Note 5 before the iPhone launch. Even Google should follow that tip and have a July release.

Matthew Dickinson

I already will. I use Nexus tablets for a reason, and it looks like VZW is finally playing nice with the Nexus phones so that will be where my money goes this fall.

BlynkOfAnEye

This! Just replaced the battery on my OG MotoX to try to squeeze a few more months out of it… Impatiently awaiting the 4th gen to decide if I should move on too. Haven’t liked the new metal design I saw in leaks, but I’ll reserve judgment until I see it. #thestruggleisreal

These are just as dumb as LG’s commercials, only with a smaller budget.

tnt

Agreed, though I did giggle a little bit at the pants one, just b/c of the age-old joke of the mismatched vocals.

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morteum

I’m not a fan of these either, but I did think the ads with the cowboys were pretty funny.